Physics
The adjacent diagram shows the movable block of a block and tackle system with effort in a convenient direction. From the diagram we can conclude that the number of pulleys used in the fixed block are …………… .

- 1
- 3
- 2
- 4
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Reason — The diagram shows that the load is supported by two segment of strings, hence the number of pulleys used in the fixed block are two.
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